Twenty two Arcana of Tarot and Kabbalah 09 Arcanum 9 The Hermit
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The Duality of the Serpent
Apollo, who of course is the god of the sun, went back to kill the python. And upon killing the python, he established the oracle, which was his famous temple. But the priestesses of that temple were called pythenases. The symbolism here is again the duality of the serpent. We see this also in the goddess Athena. Her symbol in her later worship was the serpent. And Athena empowers the hero to descend and conquer Medusa - a serpent headed goddess. So we see positive, negative influences of the serpent on our culture.
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